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Trimming bark

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posted on 2022-06-15, 14:22 authored by Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus
Previously collected bark is measured to the length of the beehive and cut to correct size.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

Arcadia Fund

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History

Session

EMKP2019SG03-0020 EMKP2019SG03-0111 EMKP2019SG03-0112 EMKP2019SG03-0113

Rights owner

Campbell Martin

Cultural group

Sengwer; Marakwet

Participants

Richard Murkomen Komen, Jacob Changeony komen, Amos Ruto kibor

Country

Kenya

Place

Embobut forest

Item/object

Beehive bark cover

Techniques of production

Cut-cut

Materials

bark-forest dombeya

Materials alt

Borowo (Sengwer/Marakwet)

Cultural context/event

Production of beehive

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Kapsaniak, Koropkwen glade

Date of creation

2019-09-21

Unique ID

2019SG03-0111

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    Keywords

    barkmeasuring beehivecutting

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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